Noninvasive Measurement of Local Thermal Diffusivity Using Backscattered Ultrasound and Focused Ultrasound Heating

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1449-1464

  Anand, Ajay ^a   Kaczkowski, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Thermal ablation; Tissue characterization; Ultrasonic signal processing; Ultrasound thermometry; Ultrasound treatment monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BACKSCATTER; ACOUSTIC STRAIN; BACKSCATTERED ULTRASOUND; DIFFUSIVITY; FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HEAT TRANSFER EQUATIONS; HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HOT-WIRE TECHNIQUES; IN-SITU; IN-VITRO; LOCAL TEMPERATURES; MUSCLE TISSUES; NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; NON-INVASIVE METHODS; NONINVASIVE TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; PLANNING AND MONITORING; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; RADIO-FREQUENCY; SOUND SPEED; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; THERMAL ABLATION; TIME-VARYING; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TISSUE-MIMICKING PHANTOMS; ULTRASONIC METHODS; ULTRASONIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS; ULTRASOUND THERMOMETRY; ULTRASOUND TREATMENT MONITORING;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DIFFUSION; ESTIMATION; HEAT TREATMENT; HEATING; HYPERTHERMIA THERAPY; MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SONOCHEMISTRY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

IN SITU PROCESSING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; IN VITRO STUDY; MONITORING; MUSCLE TISSUE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY (BIRD); ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 49849095239     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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